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Originally Posted by SamIam
You are reading them correctly. I have been reading The Essential Haiku by Robert Hass, and following the examples he gives.
The poet Basho wrote in syntax of 5-4-3-5 or else 5-3-4-5. About 30 years after Basho's death, the poet Buson introduced the 5-5-2-5 or the 5-2-5-5 styles which are pretty cool.
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thanks, this is all new to me, I like it.